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Hot Shot
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Yes, it wasn't typical SEP romance. No athlete and rather little humor (although one of the last scenes - with betting - was pricelessly funny). But what a great novel it was!
I can't decide if I liked more the parts about the beggings/the emerging personal computer industry or the love stories. And adding to this: what plot-twists! I don't remember when I was so much surprised about romance.
I think that it was so marvelous because Mrs Phillips created interesting characters. They simply led the story. Again, I can't decide which one I loved the most. They were such perfectly imperfect.
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bookshelves: 1945-1990s-romance, 1945-1990s, region-usa, internet-archive, greatly-impressing
Aug 24, 2019
bookshelves: 1945-1990s-romance, 1945-1990s, region-usa, internet-archive, greatly-impressing
"Sometimes the best part of loving somebody is loving them even though they've hurt you. Listen to me, Joel. Any fool can love somebody who's perfect, somebody who does everything right. But that doesn't stretch your soul. Your soul only gets stretched when you can still love somebody after they've hurt you."
Yes, it wasn't typical SEP romance. No athlete and rather little humor (although one of the last scenes - with betting - was pricelessly funny). But what a great novel it was!
I can't decide if I liked more the parts about the beggings/the emerging personal computer industry or the love stories. And adding to this: what plot-twists! I don't remember when I was so much surprised about romance.
I think that it was so marvelous because Mrs Phillips created interesting characters. They simply led the story. Again, I can't decide which one I loved the most. They were such perfectly imperfect.
"You've made a mistake, [here I have deleted the name, it would have been a spoiler]. Don't you see? I've turned into your vision of me. And the woman you've created won't put up with you any longer."
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“Sometimes the best part of loving somebody is loving them even though they've hurt you. Listen to me, Joel. Any fool can love somebody who's perfect, somebody who does everything right. But that doesn't stretch your soul. Your soul only gets stretched when you can still love somebody after they've hurt you.”
― Hot Shot
― Hot Shot
Reading Progress
August 20, 2019
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Started Reading
August 24, 2019
– Shelved as:
1945-1990s-romance
August 24, 2019
– Shelved as:
1945-1990s
August 24, 2019
– Shelved as:
region-usa
August 24, 2019
– Shelved as:
internet-archive
August 24, 2019
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Finished Reading
November 15, 2023
– Shelved as:
greatly-impressing
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Aug 24, 2019 05:40AM
Loved to see you loved this one. It's not one of her more well known books, or her most admired, but I think it is one of my very favorites. I loved both of the romances. It spurred me to read more about the beginnings of the computer industry which is fascinating. That part of the book seems very accurate to real history. 2 of the main male characters were obviously inspired by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. I saw you were reading this and have been watching for your review. Great job!
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Rebekah wrote: "Loved to see you loved this one. It's not one of her more well known books, or her most admired, but I think it is one of my very favorites. ... I saw you were reading this and have been watching for your review. Great job! "Thank you.
By the way, I found all three male characters (Sam, Mitch and Yank) fascinating.
And it is one of my very favorites (by SEP) too.
